Chapter 20 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 20.1

ततो वित्रासयन्मान्पृथिव्यां राक्षसाधिपः। आससाद घने तस्मिन्नारदं मुनिपुङ्गवम्॥

tato vitrāsayanmānpṛthivyāṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ| āsasāda ghane tasminnāradaṃ munipuṅgavam||

English Meaning

As the lord of Rākşasas was ranging the earth frightening everyone, Nārada foremost of ascetics, came to that wood mounted on a cloud,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)